This Saturday, an "intense day" of technical working sessions was announced as part of the fourth cycle of the dialogue table between the interim government and the delegation of the 2015 National Assembly.
According to the 2015 National Assembly itself, the topics being addressed this Saturday are: political guarantees, freedom of expression, strengthening of democracy, gold, and the implementation and monitoring of agreements.
According to official information, this is a technical working day, topic by topic, aimed at preparing the points that will later be discussed at the main dialogue table, with the goal of advancing the institutional reconstruction of the country.
The gold issue, a priority point
The point concerning the gold receives special attention. It refers to the Venezuelan gold reserves held in custody at the Bank of England, whose release and recovery has been one of the recurring agreements since the first cycle of talks, which began in August 2026.
Both parties have agreed on the need to recover these assets from the international reserves in order to allocate them, as a priority, to assisting the population affected by the double earthquake of June 24, 2026, and to the recovery of public services. In the third cycle, which concluded on October 21, it was agreed to form a joint commission (three members from each delegation) to manage the necessary procedures before the British authorities.
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AN 2015 announced the topics to be addressed at this Saturday, November 14 meeting
This Saturday, an "intense day" of working sessions was announced as part of the fourth cycle of the dialogue table between the interim government and the delegation of the 2015 National Assembly.
According to the 2015 National Assembly itself, the topics being addressed this Saturday are: political guarantees, freedom of expression, strengthening of democracy, gold, and implementation and follow-up of agreements.
According to official information, this is a technical working session, topic by topic, aimed at preparing the points that will later be discussed at the main dialogue table, with the goal of advancing the country's institutional reconstruction.
The point concerning gold receives special attention. It refers to the Venezuelan gold reserves held in custody at the Bank of England, whose unlocking and recovery has been one of the recurring agreements since the first cycle of talks, which began in August 2026.
Both parties have agreed on the need to recover these assets from the international reserves in order to allocate them, as a priority, to assisting the population affected by the double earthquake of June 24, 2026, and to the recovery of public services. In the third cycle, which concluded on October 21, it was agreed to form a joint commission (three members from each delegation) to manage the necessary procedures before the British authorities.
This Saturday's technical work seeks to follow up on and implement that commitment, within the framework of a broader agenda that includes political guarantees, freedom of expression, and the strengthening of democracy.
The delegations continue the negotiation process that began three months ago, in which progress has already been made in the renewal of the Supreme Court of Justice and in the review of legal frameworks related to political disqualifications and freedom of expression.
Elías Matta considers the opening to private capital positive, but says that issues such as arbitration and subsidies are not well defined
Jorge Millán, of the Delegated Commission of the 2015 National Assembly, said that they hope to achieve the release of all political prisoners in this cycle of negotiations
Jorge Arreaza noted that the idea is also to train those who will enforce the law so that the "excesses and abuses" are not repeated